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| In 1830 Ross was among the major donors and founders of [[Oakland College (Mississippi)|Oakland College]], a [[Presbyterian]]-affiliated school for young men near [[Rodney, Mississippi]], which operated from 1830 to 1870. After it failed, its campus was sold to the state and used to start [[Alcorn State University|Alcorn College]], the first [[land-grant university]] for Blacks in the United States. | In 1830 Ross was among the major donors and founders of [[Oakland College (Mississippi)|Oakland College]], a [[Presbyterian]]-affiliated school for young men near [[Rodney, Mississippi]], which operated from 1830 to 1870. After it failed, its campus was sold to the state and used to start [[Alcorn State University|Alcorn College]], the first [[land-grant university]] for Blacks in the United States. |
| Influenced by war ideals and the [[American Colonization Society]], Ross was among the founders of the [[Mississippi Colonization Society]]. Its goal was to repatriate (or transport) freed slaves and [[free people of color]] to Africa in order to get them out of the South, where planters believed they threatened slave societies. In 1835 Ross wrote a will to free his hundreds of African-American slaves (who were overwhelmingly US native-born). It ordered the sale of his plantation to generate revenue to fund the transport of the freed slaves to [[Mississippi-in-Africa]], the state's colony in what became [[Liberia]] in coastal West Africa. The Mississippi Colonization Society had purchased land there. In 1847 it became part of the [[Commonwealth of Liberia]]. | Influenced by war ideals and the [[American Colonization Society]], Ross was among the founders of the [[Mississippi Colonization Society]]. Its goal was to repatriate (or transport) freed slaves and [[free people of color]] to Africa in order to get them out of the South, where planters believed they threatened slave societies. In 1835 Ross wrote a will to free his nearly 200 African-American slaves. It ordered the sale of his plantation to generate revenue to fund the transport of the freed slaves to [[Mississippi-in-Africa]], the state's colony in West Africa that eventually became part of [[Liberia]]. The Mississippi Colonization Society had purchased the land, and in 1847 it became part of the [[Commonwealth of Liberia]]. |
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== |
| ===Early life=== | ===Early life=== |
| Isaac Ross was born on January 18, 1760, in North Carolina. His family moved when he was young to [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina]].<ref name="mississippiarchives">{{Cite web |url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z2064.html |title=Mississippi Department of Archives & History |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412144634/http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z2064.html |archive-date=2014-04-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="marycarolmiller">Mary Carol Miller, ''Lost Mansions of Mississippi'', Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2010, Volume II, pp. 53-56 [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&dq="stephen+duncan"+plantation&pg=PA53]</ref> He was named after his father, Isaac Ross.<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> His mother was Jean Ross, née Brown (1722-1766).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> | Isaac Ross was born on January 18, 1760, in North Carolina. His family moved when he was young to [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina]].<ref name="mississippiarchives">{{Cite web |url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z2064.html |title=Mississippi Department of Archives & History |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412144634/http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z2064.html |archive-date=2014-04-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="marycarolmiller">Mary Carol Miller, ''Lost Mansions of Mississippi'', Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2010, Volume II, pp. 53-56 [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&dq="stephen+duncan"+plantation&pg=PA53]</ref> He was named after his father, Isaac Ross.<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> His mother was Jean Ross, née Brown (1722–1766).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> |
| ===Career=== | ===Career=== |
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| ===Personal life=== | ===Personal life=== |
| Ross married Jane Allison (1762-1829).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/><ref name="marycarolmiller"/> They had two sons and three daughters: | Ross married Jane Allison (1762–1829).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/><ref name="marycarolmiller"/> They had two sons and three daughters: |
| *Margaret Allison Ross Reed (1787-1838). Her second husband was [[Thomas Buck Reed]] (1787–1829), who served as [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from Mississippi from January 28, 1826, to March 4, 1827, and again from March 4, 1829, to November 26, 1829. | *Margaret Allison Ross Reed (1787–1838). Her second husband was [[Thomas Buck Reed]] (1787–1829), who served as [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from Mississippi from January 28, 1826, to March 4, 1827, and again from March 4, 1829, to November 26, 1829. |
| *Martha B. Ross (1793-1818).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> | *Martha B. Ross (1793–1818).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> |
| *Jane Brown Ross Wade (1786-1851). Mother of Issac Ross Wade.<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> | *Jane Brown Ross Wade (1786–1851). Mother of Issac Ross Wade.<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> |
| *Isaac Ross (1796-1852).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> | *Isaac Ross (1796–1852).<ref name="mississippiarchives"/> |
| *Arthur Alison Ross (1801-1834). He married Octavia Van Dorn, daughter of [[Earl Van Dorn]] (1820–1863), an officer who served as a general in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] of 1861–1865. Widowed when her husband Alison died, in 1837 Octavia married Dr Vans Murray Sulivane (1810-1840); they had a son, Clement Sullivane (1838-1920), who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was later elected as a member of the [[Maryland Senate]]. | *Arthur Alison Ross (1801–1834). He married Octavia Van Dorn, daughter of [[Earl Van Dorn]] (1820–1863), an officer who served as a general in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] of 1861–1865. Widowed when her husband Alison died, in 1837 Octavia married Dr Vans Murray Sulivane (1810–1840); they had a son, Clement Sullivane (1838–1920), who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was later elected as a member of the [[Maryland Senate]]. |
| Ross was widowed in 1829. Around the same period that he lost his wife, their daughter and a son-in-law, and two Ross sons also died.<ref name="marycarolmiller"/> | Ross was widowed in 1829. Around the same period that he lost his wife, their daughter and a son-in-law, and two Ross sons also died.<ref name="marycarolmiller"/> |
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